For over four years I worked at a newspaper in Tooele County, a rural desert county in Utah. I had a coworker once say the county is a collection of almosts—it could be almost a fantastic hiking ... [+]
We are on the same side,
We fight each other
Instead of the enemy.
A country full of hypocrites,
We denounce our neighbors, yet
We are quick to point out another’s
Judgements.
We’ve all traded in political diversity for
Debt and extremity.
Acceptance is a priority on paper, yet
Conservative minds are excluded
And liberals are typecast.
All races, African-Americans, Asian-Americans
Caucasians, Hispanic-Americans
Discriminate against the other,
As well as members of their own.
Division is the one thing that unites us.